A Writer Should Say To Himself, Not,

Science Fiction Is The Search For A Definition Of Mankind And His Status In The Universe Which Will Stand In Our Advanced But Confused State Of Knowledge (science), And Is Characteristically Cast In The Gothic Or Post Gothic Mode.

It Is Comparatively Easy To Become A Writer; Staying A Writer, Resisting Formulaic Work, Generating Ones Own Creativity - Thats A Much Tougher Matter.

A Writer Should Say To Himself, Not, How Can I Get More Money?, But How Can I Reach More Readers (without Lowering Standards)?

What Were Several Fewer Species Of Animals Compared With A Hundred-mile Advance And Another Medal On Another General?

When Knowledge Becomes Formulated Into A Science, Then It Does Take On A Life Of It's Own, Often Alien To The Human Spirit That Conceived It.